An Analysis of Worker Drug Use and Workplace Policies and Programs

Figure 3.2Percentage and Estimated Number of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Current Illicit Drug Use and Heavy Alcohol Use, by Establishment Size, 1994

Note: Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on five or more occasions in the previous 30 days.

numbers of young males (construction, for example), and also has a relatively small average establishment size, is more likely to exhibit higher rates of drug use even though establishment size may not, by itself, be a significant factor. One would have to control for the effects of these and other variables in a multivariate statistical analysis to have confidence in any simple statements that related establishment size to current illicit drug use or heavy alcohol use.

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